“وَمَا لِيَ لَا أَعْبُدُ الَّذِي فَطَرَنِي وَإِلَيْهِ

Surah Yusuf teaches us

- the closest of people can betray you

- broken hearts can be healed through love

- ease comes after hardship

- being sad doesn’t equal being ungrateful

- those who trust the plan of Allāh will win

- the people of patience have beautiful endings

Shaykh Mohammad Aslam

I sincerly hope that our generation of parents love their children more openly.

We don’t need another generation of kids with depression and anxiety and self-esteem issues.

We don’t need another generation of kids that are too afraid to talk to their parents.

We don’t need another generation of kids struggling through careers that they hate because their dreams don’t match their parents’.

We know how badly we need to be told and shown that we’re loved. We know how much we want to be told that we are good enough. We know how it feels to have absolutely no refuge in this harsh world.

May our homes be safe havens for our kids, always.

I don’t know who needs to hear this right now, but your progress is not ruined after 1 bad day, 2 bad days, maybe even a month or more of bad days. Everything you experienced and learned during that time is valuable and essential for your growth. Forgive yourself, and try again. 

May Allah bless our parents endlessly. We will not get anyone better than them in this world. Their love is so pure and they're willing to face difficulties just to make sure that our life is full of peace. May Allah bless them and grant them paradise.

اللهم إني اسألك أن تستر علي، وتُهذِّب قلبي، وتؤدّب طَبعَي، وتحسّن خُلُقي، وتضبط سلوكي، واسألك أن تشغلني بغاياتٍ تليقُ بدربك، وترزقني حكمة القول، وفَنّ الصّمت، وبلاغة الرَّدّ، وجَلال الحُضور، وجمال الغياب.

Ya Allah, I ask You to cover me, to refine my heart, to discipline my nature, to improve my character, to regulate my behavior, and I ask You to occupy me with goals that are worthy of Your path, to bless me with wisdom in speech, the art of silence, eloquence in response, majesty in presence, and grace in absence.

how can I forget Allāh when He was the one to help me in a desperate moment. a moment nobody else was a part of except me and Him. It was only Him, nobody else. In a desperate moment of need, I called upon Him and He responded. He gave me what I was In need of. He gave me tranquility. you only have to ask and He gives and gives and gives much more than you could ever ask for. sometimes you don’t even need to ask and He still gives. that is the nature of God.

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A beautiful life does not just happen it is built daily by prayer, humility, sacrifice and hard work.

Knowing the difference between who to cut off and who to be patient with is everything.

At this age, everything is changing. day by day we don’t notice, but just look over the past few months and u will realize everything has. People u thought were were going to be there forever aren’t, and people u never imagined you’d be speaking to are now some of ur closest friends. Life makes little sense, and the more we grow the less sense it will make. So make the most of it now because in the near future all of this is only going to be memories